Yearly Archives: 2009

A trial court did not err in suppressing defendant’s statements to police about a fatal shooting after defendant clearly stated on the record that he wanted to talk to a lawyer, and the Court of Appeals upholds the suppression order. ...

The Court of Appeals says a trial court did not err in ruling that a 71-day trial delay, from Feb. 11, 2008 to April 22, 2008, would not be counted against the commonwealth for statutory speedy trial purposes, and that ...

Although defendant claimed he abandoned his intent to commit a robbery before he was apprehended by police behind a dumpster at a convenience store, he admitted he had prepared for the event by observing the manager’s schedule on previous occasions ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia may get a say on whether the Virginia Constitution allows the use of public money for a Norfolk Southern rail project planned for Montgomery County. The county supervisors, who oppose the proposed freight yard, are ...

Christiansburg — A circuit court judge appeared skeptical this month about the plaintiffs’ efforts to overcome sovereign immunity defenses for state officials in the Virginia Tech shooting cases. Franklin County Circuit Judge William Alexander heard arguments Dec. 14 on various ...

The Court of Appeals upholds a trial court’s grant of grandparents’ petition to adopt their grandson, born in 2001 and placed with them as a one-year-old due to his unmarried parents’ substance abuse, over the objections of the child’s biological ...

Civil defense attorneys long have viewed removing cases to Virginia federal courts as a way to get complaints disposed of quickly – and out of the hands of jurors. That was largely because federal procedural rules favor handling cases on ...

A truck driver who suffered aggravation of a rare pre-existing brain condition settled his claim against a defendant driver’s employer for $2.5 million dollars after mediation, his lawyer reports. Robert B. Guntharp of Winchester said his firm took over the ...

Catesby Graham Jones Jr., a World War II veteran and a former Gloucester County commonwealth’s attorney, died at his home on the York River on Dec. 10. He was 84. The son of Catesby Graham Jones, a circuit judge in ...

Despite the wave of lawyer layoffs over the past year, a number of practice areas are booming – awaiting lawyers who are looking to expand or make a change. “No matter what the economy does, there are certain practice areas ...